EASTWEST has announced the debut of Zero-G’s Carnival Drums — over 2,000 samples and 1.4GB of the exciting sounds of the Brazilian carnival. The library features the main drums of the Brazilian Samba Baterias (samba percussion ensembles), which perform every summer at the Rio Carnival. For this project, 10 professional Brazilian percussionists, who perform annually… Read More EastWest Announces Zero-G’s Carnival Drums Sample Library
Alesis has introduced a cool new drum pad controller/drum machine, the Performance Pad. It’s a drum machine, an electronic percussion instrument and you can use it as a MIDI input device. Performance Pad features eight velocity-sensitive drum pads and a built-in electronic drum machine with professional sounds and features. Features: 8 natural feeling, velocity-sensitive drum… Read More Alesis Intros Performance Pad Drum Machine
Alesis announced today that they are now shipping the Trigger I/O, USB/MIDI, pad trigger interface. The Trigger I/O uses electronic triggers placed on traditional acoustic percussion sources (such as drum heads or cymbals) or electronic drum pad triggers, and converts them into MIDI note messages. With MIDI and USB 1.1 Plug and Play connectivity and… Read More Alesis Trigger I/O Percussion Interface Tool Now Shipping
Ueberschall has released Liquid Instrument Series Vol. 8 Drums, a new VST that makes it possible to move, pitch, stretch or even delete any single note of the snare, hi-hat, or bass drum loop without affecting the rest of the groove. All loops and single sound loops automatically adjust their tempo to your arrangement. Try… Read More Ueberschall Releases Liquid Drums
Blipdrums is a new web-based business specializing in unique electronic drum samples for musicians, sound designers and soundtrack creators. “Blipdrums is dedicated to creating the best electronic percussion samples,” explains Bliphead and company founder Saul Stokes. Stokes creates Blipdrum’s sample using a mixture of software and hardware, combined with his own handmade analog modular music… Read More Free Drum Samples From Blipdrums
Precisionsound has introduced a new percussion loop library, Ethno Percussion Collection Volume 1 – DAF. The DAF is a Middle Eastern frame drum, a percussion instrument with a very distinctive sound. The library is the first release in the Ethno Percussion Collection series, which focuses on making very detailed single shot percussion libraries. Several layers… Read More Precisionsound Releases Ethno Percussion Collection
MusikMesse: EastWest introduced Quantum Leap Gypsy, a collection of detailed virtual instruments aimed at film, TV and game composers. The nylon string guitar, violin and trombone can play in both gypsy and classical styles. “All of the guitars were sampled with up and down strokes, many velocities and picking styles, various picking angles, release trails,… Read More EastWest’s Quantum Leap “Gypsy”
Alternate Mode has introduced a new addition to their line of percussion MIDI controllers, the world’s first MIDI Steel Drum Percussion Controller, the PanKat. The panKAT consists of 30 playing pads in a standard C pan format. Borrowing from the feature set of the malletKAT Pro, the panKAT offers a rich MIDI implementation, with total… Read More World’s First MIDI Steel Drum Percussion Controller
NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Alesis introduced the DM5 Electronic Drum Kit. The DM5 Electronic Drum Kit includes the DM5 sound module that contains a variety of pre-programmed sounds and drum kits, along with five pads (snare, kick, two toms, and a hi-hat controller) plus two special cymbal pads. Shipped with an included kick pedal, support… Read More Alesis DM5 Digital Drum Kit
ModernBeats has introduced Vintage Machinez 1, the first of a huge collection of remastered classic drum samples for software samplers! The Vintage Machinez Collection offers users a 21st century design of all old drum machine classics divided into 3 major categories for quick and convenient use. Categories include newly remastered Mono versions, plus unique Stereo… Read More ModernBeats Intros Vintage Machinez 1 for Software Samplers
